Meta-Heuristics Book

	Preface
1	Tabu Search Algorithms and Lower Bounds for the Resource-Constrained Project Scheduling Problem	1
2	Metaheuristic for the Vehicle Routing Problem with Time Windows	19
3	New Heuristic Algorithms for the Crew Scheduling Problem	37
4	Enhanced Continuous Tabu Search: An Algorithm for Optimizing Multiminima Functions	49
5	Local Search in Constraint Programming: Experiments with Tabu Search on the Vehicle Routing Problem	63
6	Tabu Search for Graph Coloring, T-colorings and Set T-colorings	77
7	Tabu Search with Critical Event Memory: An Enhanced Application for Binary Quadratic Programs	93
8	Actuator Selection for the Control of Multi-Frequency Noise in Aircraft Interiors	111
9	Neighborhood Search Algorithm for the Guillotine Non-Oriented Two-Dimensional Bin Packing Problem	125
10	Candidate List and Exploration Strategies for Solving 0/1 MIP Problems using a Pivot Neighborhood	141
11	Global and Local Moves in Tabu Search: A Real-Life Mail Collecting Application	155
12	Flow Line Scheduling by Tabu Search	175
13	Using Lower Bounds in Minimum Span Frequency Assignment	191
14	A Hybrid Heuristic for Multiobjective Knapsack Problems	205
15	Hybrid Genetic Tabu Search for a Cyclic Scheduling Problem	213
16	Adaptive Genetic Algorithms: A Methodology for Dynamic Autoconfiguration of Genetic Search Algorithms	231
17	The Lavish Ordering Genetic Algorithm	249
18	Fitness Landscapes and Performance of Meta-Heuristics	257
19	A Network-Based Adaptive Evolutionary Algorithm for Constraint Satisfaction Problems	269
20	Applying the Ant System to the Vehicle Routing Problem	285
21	Cooperative Intelligent Search Using Adaptive Memory Techniques	297
22	The Max-Min Ant System and Local Search for Combinatorial Optimization Problems	313
23	Towards an Evolutionary Method - Cooperating Multi-Thread Parallel Tabu Search Hybrid	331
24	Parallel Tabu Search for Large Optimization Problems	345
25	Sequential and Parallel Local Search Algorithms for Job Shop Scheduling	359
26	An Experimental Study of Systemic Behavior of Cooperative Search Algorithms	373
27	A Hopfield-Tank Neural Network Model for the Generalized Traveling Salesman Problem	393
28	Generalized Cybernetic Optimization: Solving Continuous Variable Problems	403
29	Solving the Progressive Party Problem by Local Search	419
30	An Introduction to Variable Neighborhood Search	433
31	A Variable Depth Search Algorithm for the Generalized Assignment Problem	459
32	Guided Local Search for the Vehicle Routing Problem with Time Windows	473
33	Memory Adaptive Reasoning & Greedy Assignment Techniques for the Capacitated Minimum Spanning Tree Problem	487
34	A Chunking Based Selection Strategy for Integrating Meta-Heuristics with Branch and Bound	499